Russia, Iran meet Syria opposition for talks

Sheikh Moaz Al-Khabib, President of the National Coalition of Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces poses for photographers ahead of bilateral talks with US Vice President Joseph Biden. (Christof Stache/AFP/Getty Images)

The Syrian opposition met with Russia and Iran in unprecedented talks on the civil war in Syria.

AFP reported that the meeting took place on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference, which happened this weekend.

"I reminded Khatib that after the creation of the coalition and the appointment of their leader, we immediately demonstrated our interest in maintaining regular contact," said Russia's foreign minister Sergei Lavrov after the meeting, reported AFP.